USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll - March 1, 2000

The USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association Coaches Top 25 is voted on by 27 Division I coaches, representing all areas of the USA. First place votes are in parentheses. Records are through games of February 27.

Rankings

Rank

Team

Record

Points

Previous

1

Washington (27)

18-1

675

1

2

Arizona

20-1

636

3

3

UCLA

18-3

626

2

4

Arizona State

12-1

562

6

LSU

13-2

523

4

Oklahoma

19-1

523

7

7

California

19-1

512

8

8

Fresno State

8-4

495

5

9

Stanford

16-1

472

11

10

Oregon State

13-4-1

376

12

Cal State Fullerton

16-2

354

16

Southern Mississippi

14-7

354

10

13

Iowa

5-0

328

14

14

Michigan

6-4

316

9

15

Louisiana-Lafayette

7-1

294

13

16

Alabama

16-3

258

20

17

Illinois-Chicago

16-8

213

18

18

South Carolina

9-5

200

22

19

Hawaii

6-2

194

17

20

DePaul

3-3

156

15

21

Oklahoma State

12-4

130

25

22

Long Beach State

7-5

110

19

23

Nebraska

5-6

64

21

24

Hofstra

3-4

46

25

Oregon

8-7

42

26

Others receiving votes:

Florida State (35), Pacific (33), Massachusetts (28), Missouri (28), North Carolina (28), Notre Dame (26), Michigan State (25), Texas (21), Utah (14), Texas A&M (11), Maryland (10), UNLV (10), Florida Atlantic (5), Cal State Northridge (4), Florida (4). (Note: Seven other schools were included on only one ballot. Schools must be listed on more than one ballot to be included among "Others Receiving Votes" per NFCA policy.)